Katherine "Pat", a native of Oxford, Mississippi, passed away in Los Alamos. Pat was predeceased by her parents Ike and Icy Patterson; brothers: Jack Patterson, Paul E. Patterson and James Patterson; and sister Virginia Sweeney.
Pat was survived by her husband Krik; daughter Debra (husband David Porter) of Glenwood; sister Mary Childers of Ashland, Mississippi; David's two daughters: Robin Porter-Alvarez (husband Carlos) of Miami, Florida; Christina (husband Michael Gibson) and their son Michael Joseph Lee Gibson of Magnolia, Texas; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
Pat came to "The Hill" at the tender age of 22 as one of the first 200 military personnel assigned to the Manhattan Project. She met her husband, Krik in 1946 and they were married in Los Alamos in March 1948. Before and after World War II, she was a civil servant with the Federal Government working for the Departments of Agriculture and State. Pat saw Los Alamos through the inception of the Atomic Energy Commission as it evolved into the Energy Research and Development Agency. After 37 years of government service she retired and traveled the world visiting six continents. Pat was a woman of strong faith and worked in many volunteer positions at the United Church of Los Alamos. She believed that Los Alamos was a magical place where scientific mysteries were unraveled and international friendships made that went beyond governments.
Interment services were at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on February 15, 2013. A memorial service was on March 9, 2013 at the United Church of Los Alamos.
Pat was survived by her husband Krik; daughter Debra (husband David Porter) of Glenwood; sister Mary Childers of Ashland, Mississippi; David's two daughters: Robin Porter-Alvarez (husband Carlos) of Miami, Florida; Christina (husband Michael Gibson) and their son Michael Joseph Lee Gibson of Magnolia, Texas; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
Pat came to "The Hill" at the tender age of 22 as one of the first 200 military personnel assigned to the Manhattan Project. She met her husband, Krik in 1946 and they were married in Los Alamos in March 1948. Before and after World War II, she was a civil servant with the Federal Government working for the Departments of Agriculture and State. Pat saw Los Alamos through the inception of the Atomic Energy Commission as it evolved into the Energy Research and Development Agency. After 37 years of government service she retired and traveled the world visiting six continents. Pat was a woman of strong faith and worked in many volunteer positions at the United Church of Los Alamos. She believed that Los Alamos was a magical place where scientific mysteries were unraveled and international friendships made that went beyond governments.
Interment services were at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on February 15, 2013. A memorial service was on March 9, 2013 at the United Church of Los Alamos.
Katherine "Pat", a native of Oxford, Mississippi, passed away in Los Alamos. Pat was predeceased by her parents Ike and Icy Patterson; brothers: Jack Patterson, Paul E. Patterson and James Patterson; and sister Virginia Sweeney.
Pat was survived by her husband Krik; daughter Debra (husband David Porter) of Glenwood; sister Mary Childers of Ashland, Mississippi; David's two daughters: Robin Porter-Alvarez (husband Carlos) of Miami, Florida; Christina (husband Michael Gibson) and their son Michael Joseph Lee Gibson of Magnolia, Texas; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
Pat came to "The Hill" at the tender age of 22 as one of the first 200 military personnel assigned to the Manhattan Project. She met her husband, Krik in 1946 and they were married in Los Alamos in March 1948. Before and after World War II, she was a civil servant with the Federal Government working for the Departments of Agriculture and State. Pat saw Los Alamos through the inception of the Atomic Energy Commission as it evolved into the Energy Research and Development Agency. After 37 years of government service she retired and traveled the world visiting six continents. Pat was a woman of strong faith and worked in many volunteer positions at the United Church of Los Alamos. She believed that Los Alamos was a magical place where scientific mysteries were unraveled and international friendships made that went beyond governments.
Interment services were at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on February 15, 2013. A memorial service was on March 9, 2013 at the United Church of Los Alamos.
Pat was survived by her husband Krik; daughter Debra (husband David Porter) of Glenwood; sister Mary Childers of Ashland, Mississippi; David's two daughters: Robin Porter-Alvarez (husband Carlos) of Miami, Florida; Christina (husband Michael Gibson) and their son Michael Joseph Lee Gibson of Magnolia, Texas; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
Pat came to "The Hill" at the tender age of 22 as one of the first 200 military personnel assigned to the Manhattan Project. She met her husband, Krik in 1946 and they were married in Los Alamos in March 1948. Before and after World War II, she was a civil servant with the Federal Government working for the Departments of Agriculture and State. Pat saw Los Alamos through the inception of the Atomic Energy Commission as it evolved into the Energy Research and Development Agency. After 37 years of government service she retired and traveled the world visiting six continents. Pat was a woman of strong faith and worked in many volunteer positions at the United Church of Los Alamos. She believed that Los Alamos was a magical place where scientific mysteries were unraveled and international friendships made that went beyond governments.
Interment services were at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on February 15, 2013. A memorial service was on March 9, 2013 at the United Church of Los Alamos.
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